29 Legal Woes and Chocolate Tastes

"No I would not," Dumbledore sighed, Harry did make a good point and he felt rather foolish for not thinking about it himself. He supposed it was fair, if he was the girls father then he would also wish to sue the tournament officials. Besides he could not be too angry at Harry as the boy pointed out that he had simply offered his lawyers services to his friends. "I understand, even though I do wish that you would speak to someone first before you offer those services. However that was not all I wished to discuss with you."

"Oh?" Harry raised an eyebrow. "What about?"

"You."

"Me?"

"Yes," Dumbledore nodded. "I want to discuss a couple of things. For example you are far beyond in magic than what is expected of you."

"Simple," Harry responded. "like I have said before, I got rid of the dead weight. I no longer have to lower myself to keep Granger and Weasley happy so I can very easily start putting my full effort into learning."

"Harry, Mr Weasley and Miss Granger were your friends."

"Your use of past tense is not lost on either of us." Harry responded. "Was there something else?" Harry asked, not willing to waste more time on talking about his ex-friends.

"Yes, I also can not help but wonder where you spend all your free time."

"Hogwarts, believe it or not." Harry replied with a shrug.

"Of that I have no doubt," Dumbledore said dryly. "you have barely been seen throughout the year since the tournament selection. You do not attend any of your classes."

"That's because since I was forced into a deadly tournament against my will and turned on by the whole school I realised I had better things to learn than how to make tea cups dance and I had better things to listen to rather than the sheep in this school that would easily shift from hatred to love and to hatred within a single day. Heck probably even with an hour. I have spent my time away from the students so I can focus on my survival."

"But where have you been staying?" Dumbledore asked. "You no longer sleep in the Gryffindor dormitories and you have not been seen in the Gryffindor common room for a while."

"Different places throughout the year," Harry shrugged. "abandoned classrooms and the like, though recently I have been spending a lot of time in the Beuaxbaton carriage."

"May I ask why?" Dumbledore raised an eyebrow.

"Miss Delacour has been kind enough to let me stay there. And before you ask I assure you that the other Beuaxbaton student know." Harry said with a smile, remembering how a few days ago he experienced his first threesome when one of the other French students walked in on him and Fleur. Technically he was not lying when he said that other students knew.

"But why Harry?" Dumbledore asked. "Why not stay with your fellow Gryffindor friends and family?"

"Because I am at my limit sir, no scratch that, I have gone past it. I am done with fair-weather friends, false family and just everyone in Hogwarts. I can count the number of people I can consider friends in Gryffindor with just one hand."

"Harry I understand that things have become difficult for you but..."

"This is not about difficult, this is merely reducing problems. I am not going to worry about being stabbed in the back, betrayed and ordered around when I also have to worry about drowning hostages and dragons."

"Harry, I understand but this can all just blow over if you put the effort into it."

"That's the thing," Harry said as he stood up. "I do not want to."

"Harry?"

"I have had it with pretending to be the nice boy-who-lived that everyone wants me to be." Harry replied. "I have done my best to care for other people and nearly all of them spit in my face, I am done Dumbledore. The next time there is a crisis in the school somebody else can deal with it, because I am done playing hero. From now on I am looking after myself." Harry said before he turned and left the room, leaving a stunned Dumbledore who had only just remembered that he forgot to ask about Selena.

"Bloody hell." Harry sighed as he and the other champions walked towards the quidditch pitch. Ludo Bagman had wanted to meet them there, Harry assumed that it was something to do with the third task but he was not really sure since Ludo was a bit of a dumbass. When Harry got there the other champions gave him the barest of nods, nor did anyone question why he and Fleur came exactly together. When Harry arrived he could not help but notice that the quidditch pitch was now home to some very large hedges.

"Oh look! The champions are all here!" Bagman, the man child that he is, cheered upon seeing the four champions. "Now, as you four can see, the quidditch pitch has been somewhat modified."

"Really? I couldn't tell." Harry said dryly, to the amusement of his other champions.

"Really?" Ludo asked, apparently not understanding that Harry was using sarcasm. "Well it has." Ludo said, not noticing that the other champions were looking at him like he was an idiot. Ludo he gestured to the hedges. "Can any of you guess what that is?"

"Maze." Krum grunted, he too was looking at Bagman like he was an idiot. Though he also seemed to be confused about why Bagman could not tell it was a maze.

"Yes, yes! Exactly! You are right, it is a maze!" Bagman said cheerfully as he looked like a kid in a candy shop. "The third and final task, lady and gentlemen, is simply to get from the start to the centre of the maze where the Triwizard cup is in the centre. Whoever gets the cup first wins the tournament and becomes the Tri-Wizard champion! Now Mr Potter will obviously start first as he currently has the most points, he will then be followed in by Miss Delacour and then by Mr Krum and finally by Mr Diggory."

"Simply going through the maze, surely there must be more than that." Fleur said, after all they had thought dragons and rescued underwater hostages. There would definitely be more than just walking through a maze.

"Ah yes, I nearly forgot about that." Ludo smiled. "There will be a variety of obstacles plus creatures provided by Hagrid, the games keeper." Ludo said. Harry barely resisted the urge to blast the man for being so cheery while Cedric paled, both of them as Hogwarts students were more than aware of Hagrid's obsession with larger and more dangerous beasts. What the half-giant had always forgotten to consider was the fact that beasts that could not quite harm him due to his size and strength could easily harm them. "Now, unless any of you have anymore questions?" Ludo asked, he waited but continued after several seconds of there being no questions. "Well if nobody has anything else to say then lets get back to the castle shall we, it is a bit chilly here after all."

As they started leaving Krum tapped Harry on the shoulder.

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